The declaration of a state of emergency by then-President Yoon Suk-yeol in 2024 was an event that left a deep scar on South Korea, a nation that prided itself on having achieved democratization. The May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980 was the last time martial law was overcome through democratic procedures.
The declaration of a state of emergency by then-President Yoon Suk-yeol in 2024 was an event that left a deep scar on South Korea, a nation that prided itself on having achieved democratization. The May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980 was the last time martial law was overcome through democratic procedures.